Education Sale Here!....."blue Light Special" in Aisle 16!

Education for sale...what a novel idea! Not really....though it would be a much more interesting post for me if it were so. If you get right down to it, education and the populace wanting MORE for each successive generation of kids, as well as paying more as the years go by, has been happening since the first cavemen found their kids were better "hunters" and "gatherers" if they in fact watched the BEST ones in the clan. And on it goes to the point where we are now better educating the educators so they can be a step ahead of the growing intelligence of their students.

The problem lies in WHO we have teaching our children and WHAT we have determined to be a good "resume" for said teachers. Few realize that they really have little or NO voice in the educators their children will be with for 180 days out of a 365 day year. If you think about it, that is frightening. Even college bound adults have a choice in who they will learn from. And to be honest, by college age most of important learning styles and habits have already been imprinted upon up by those self same individuals that
had no choice during their formative years.

I think we need to begin to change our educational system starting perhaps with the hiring of our teachers. Years ago, it was not unheard of for parents to get involved in the actual hiring process of teachers. It has only been in the last century that we have handed the education choices to a select few and given them free reign in those who will mean so much to (and leave impressions upon) our children.

I don't think you need to hire anyone else but certified teachers to teach your children. We have a dearth of teachers out there waiting for a chance to teach...give it to them. Be more involved in your child's educational process and don't become intimidated by the school system or the individuals "in charge" of your child's school. Ask questions and demand answers.....be strong and be a "champion" for your child. If you don't do it no one else will. And finally, don't let the administration "talk down" to you.....you should be on the same page, wanting only what is best for the children.......

And if you think about it, you are THEIR employers....schools are funded by tax dollars and you are a tax payer...thus you are their employers and have every right to answers and every right to expect your child's needs to be met. "$120,000"...that sounds about right for a well educated, well informed teacher....after all, what price can you put on the beginning of your child's future?!?............